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Peer reviewedHui, Eadaoin K. P. – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Investigates the personal concerns and causes of difficulties perceived by Hong Kong adolescent students (N=2,103). Results reveal that academic achievement was perceived as the most pressing concern, while problems at home and maladjusted behavior were seen as lesser concerns. Discusses implications for psychologists working with adolescents in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedJagers, Robert J. – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
Examined connections between culture and problem behaviors among 119 African American fifth and sixth graders. Results indicate that youth endorsed the Afrocultural orientation of spirituality and the Anglocultural orientation of effort optimism most highly. The Anglocultural orientation of person/object relations and the marginalized orientations…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Blacks, Children, Cultural Differences
